Ecology Vocabulary Quiz W1

An organism that can make its own food.

A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A scavenger, such as an earthworm, that feeds on dead plant and animal matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Shows the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a given food chain or food web

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

• Trophic Level

• Food Chain/Web

• Decomposers

• Biotic Factors

• Water Cycle

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• Trophic Level

• Food Chain/Web

• Decomposers

• Biotic Factors

• Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

step in a food chain or food web

• Trophic Level

• Food Chain/Web

• Decomposers

• Biotic Factors

• Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the living organisms that inhabit an environment

• Abiotic Factors

• Limiting Factors

• Decomposers

• Biotic Factors

• Water Cycle

organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming dead or decaying organic matter

• Abiotic Factors

• Autotrophs

• Decomposers

• Deitrovers

• Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3